5/27 EVENT Word Canvas: Garden of Poetics

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Monday, May 27, 2013, 7-9pm FREE
Word Canvas: Garden of Poetics
@ Bluestockings Bookstore
Hosted by Robert Gibbons

Featuring

Monica Hand
DuEwa Frazier
Metta Sama

Join us in celebration of the word with three intriguing women poets reading and discussing their new and selected work.  Discussion hosted by poet, Robert Gibbons.

About the Poets

Monica Hand, author of me and Nina, (Alice James Books, 2012). Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including Aunt Chloe, Black Renaissance Noire, Naugatuck River Review, The Sow’s Ear, Drunken Boat, Beyond the Frontier, African-American Poetry for the 21^st Century, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade and American Creative Writers on Class. She has a MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation from Drew University. A Cave Canem alum, she is also a founding member of Poets for Ayiti. Currently, she is a PhD candidate – Creative Writing – Poetry at the University of Missouri- Columbia. 

Metta Sáma is a poet, professor, activist, painter, collage artist, fiction and essay writer. She is the author of South of Here (New Issues Press, published under the name Lydia Melvin), a collection of poems, and Nocturne Trio (YesYes Books, 2012), with visual artist Mihret Dawit.  Her work has appeared several journals. She received her MFA in creative writing from Western Michigan University and her PhD in English with an emphasis in creative writing at SUNY – Binghamton. 

DuEwa Frazier is a poet, author and educator.  She is the author of Goddess Under the Bridge: Poems (Lit Noire Publishing, 2013) and the forthcoming young adult novel, Deanne in the Middle.  Her work has appeared in Tidal Basin Review, Reverie, Kweli Journal, Poetry In Performance, X Magazine and others.  She earned the MFA in Creative Writing degree at The New School.  DuEwa is a candidate for the Ed.M. degree in Educational Leadership at Columbia University.  

 

Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St  New York, NY 10002
(212) 777-6028

www.bluestockings.com

2/19 RADIO INTERVIEW: Poet Monica A. Hand - Author of me and Nina

Poet Monica A. Hand - Author of me and Nina 02/19 by DuEwa Frazier | Blog Talk Radio

2/10/12 NYC BOOK LAUNCH: me and Nina by Monica A. Hand

 

New York City Book Launch 

for me and Nina by Monica A. Hand

Friday, February 10, 2012

Time: 6:30pm until 9:30pm

Where:

Cave Canem 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A Brooklyn, NY

Celebrate the launch of Cave Canem fellow Monica Hand's debut collection, me & Nina (Alice James Books, 2012), winner of the 2010 Kinereth Gensler Award and lauded by Elizabeth Alexander as a "moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book."  Tara Thierry will be performing with Monica A Hand.

$5-10 suggested donation. Wheelchair accessible.